Hat-pin.



No. 818,507. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

A. WOOD WARD. HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1905 I awm/wtoz W6 M4 W unrrnn s ra rnsANDERSON IVOODWVARD, OF LEEPER,

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MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO WVILLIAM S. BAILEY, CHARLES M.HAMILTON, AND WVILLIAM MONTGOMERY, OF LEEPER, MISSOURI.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed July 17,1905- Serial No. 270,059.'

To all whom it uta l concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDERSON VVooDwARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leeper, in the county of Wayne and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in pins, and especially tomeans for preventing the accidental removal of the same, the particularobject of the invention being to provide a hat-pin with a retaining hookor guard adapted to engage a portion of the hat in which the pin isinserted, thereby efiectively preventing its accidental removal.

A further object of the invention it to provide a hat-pin with retainingmeans for securely locking the same in place, the said means beingwholly free from an unsightly appearance.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims,- it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a hat, showingthe pin inserted and ready to be locked in position. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the pin locked against displacement.

In the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout both views, 1 designates a hatpin of thecharacter now in common use having the usual head 2. Secured upon thepin 1 is a guard comprising the hook member 3, consisting of a pinformed of metal bent at a right angle at 4 and slidingly secured to thepin by a tight grasp of the spring-coils 5 and a sliding member orlocking-plate 6, adapted to press the point of the hook member 3 intothe body of the hat. The plate 6 is provided with two outstanding ears 7and 8 at opposite ends of the same. These ears are provided 9and 10,through which the with openings The ear 8 is provided with an pin 1passes.

additional opening 11 adjacent the opening 10 to accommodate the hookmember 3, as shown. The plate 6 may be given the shape of a heart, ashere illustrated, or any other ornamental configuration or design.

The operation of my improved guard is as follows: The pin with. the hookmember open, as shown in Fig. 1, is first inserted into the hat untilthe point of the hook member contacts therewith. The plate 6 is thenpushed toward the hat, and in its movement it draws the hook member 3,which passes through opening 11, toward the pin 1, which passes throughopening 10. When the ear 8 is brought into proximity with the outer.bent portion of the pin 3, this portion will have been pressed into thehat and will occupy a position substantially perpendicular to the pin 1.The pin 1 is then pushed inward until the head 2 contacts with the ear7. While in this position it is obvious that the pin cannot beaccidentally removed. To prevent the accidental slipping of the plate 6from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 1, I form the pin 3 ofspring metal, as hereinbefore referred to, and so attach it to the pin 1that it has a tendency to spring out of parallelism therewith. Thisspring tension serves to frictionally hold the guard 6 from transversemotion along the pin when the hook member is locked in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as novel, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pin provided with a guard comprising a pointed hook member adaptedto lock the pin against accidental displacement, a plate havingoutstanding ears provided with openings through which the pin passes,one of said ears being provided with an opening through which the hookmember passes, the parts be ing so disposed that a sliding movement ofthe said plate along the pin will force the hook member into lockingengagement with the article within which the pin is to be securedagainst accidental displacement.

2. A pin provided with a pivoted hook member slidingly secured thereto,said member consisting of tWo portions bent at ap- In testimony whereofI affix my signature proximate right angles to each other, the inpresence of tWo Witnesses. pomt of the said member being normally inproximity to the pin, and means adapted to AA DERSON WOODWARD' 5 drawthe portion of the hook member carry- Witnesses:

ing the point into a position at approximately GEO. BERG,

a right angle to the pin. F. M. JoI-INsoN.

